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Never mind my food, my lifting and whether or not I carry on this crazy lifestyle change, I know this is the bit you’ve all been waiting for. Have I actually lost any weight or fat?

To refresh your memory, my measurements at the start of whole30 were as follows:

Weight: 161.6lbs (73.3kg)

Thighs: L: 60.3cm / R: 60.5cm

Calves: L: 37cm / R: 37.2cm

Hips: 102cm

Waist: 84.4cm

Biceps: L: 28.6cm / R: 28.4cm

And so… my measurements this morning were:

Weight: 156lbs (70.8kg)

Thighs: L: 57.5cm / R: 57cm

Calves: L: 36.4cm / R: 37cm

Hips: 98cm

Waist: 79cm

Biceps: L: 27cm / R: 28cm

So, even accounting for me potentially being cack-handed with a tape measure, I have lost a significant amount of centimetres all over which adds up to a total 5.6lbs in weight. I have no idea if that’s good or bad as results go (and weight loss was not my motivation for trying whole30) but it does suggest that even as I moaned my way through it because “nothing was happening”: stuff was going on!

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